Shipbuilding and Shipping Record . Fig. Wooden Inner Mculd on Launching Cradle. Fig. The Stem being Cast. Fig. 4.—Fixing the Steel Reinforcement in Position. mould being used save where the sides of the vessel are method of casting is clearly seen in ]igs. 5 and 6. In Fig. 5the stem of the vessel is seen in process of being cast, whilst in Fig. (ia side view of the vessel is given. In the case of Beton I., the firstvessel to be built in this way, the erection of the mould took aboutthree weeks,and the placing of the reinforcement about the same is expected that the
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record . Fig. Wooden Inner Mculd on Launching Cradle. Fig. The Stem being Cast. Fig. 4.—Fixing the Steel Reinforcement in Position. mould being used save where the sides of the vessel are method of casting is clearly seen in ]igs. 5 and 6. In Fig. 5the stem of the vessel is seen in process of being cast, whilst in Fig. (ia side view of the vessel is given. In the case of Beton I., the firstvessel to be built in this way, the erection of the mould took aboutthree weeks,and the placing of the reinforcement about the same is expected that these operations will only t;:ke about one-halfthe time on subsequent occasions. The casting itself was done in t« odays; it was commenced on a Thursday morning and finishedon Friday evening, and the vessel was fully polished and finishedoft by Saturday noon. The work was stopped for a short time in
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